Photoshop Pre-Photoshop

Raynal Pellicer, a French author and photo collector, was recently featured in Eye magazine's 88 issue along with a few examples of his collection of vintage press photographs.  The press photographs show the editor's croppings, notes, and paint strokes, that in turn, become fascinating works of art done, seemingly unwittingly and pre-dating particular trends in art, through a utilitarian point of view.

Walker Evans

I found Walker Evans about 16 years ago, mainly drawn to his FSA work, James Agee collaboration Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and Cuban photographs.  Above are two takes from his methodical NYC subway project, taken over three years with a hidden camera laid up in his coat.  The series came to be Many Are Called in book form.